A.I. Worship Is Modern Idolatry
And why it won’t succeed
The God of the Judeo-Christian faith despises idols. The Bible says this is because God is a jealous God. But jealousy is not quite the right word. Jealously makes one think that the God of the heavens is in competition with a carved idol. That is not the case. Instead, God is jealous of our attention in a way that borders on pity. Why worship an idol when you can worship the actual lord of creation? What fool bows down to something created by human hands and eschews the one that created humanity?
Idolatry takes center stage in the very first of the Ten Commandments when God declares:
“You shall not make for yourself a carved image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. You shall not bow down to them or serve them.”
These idols were often carved from wood, stone, or even gold. They were made in the image of other gods or mystical beings, like the fabled Golden Calf that the Israelites carve in the desert when they’re fed up with Moses’ PTO plan. God frowns upon these idols because they are simply silly. How can you worship something that you made with your own hands?
This is a pertinent question for today when it comes to the idea of AI worship. There are some…
